Statues of five Norwegians polar explorers. From left to right are: Otto Sverdrup (Captain of Fram), Fridtjof Nansen (the visionary who designed the Fram and led the first expedition (1893–1896)), Hjalmar Johansen (accompanied Nansen on his trek toward the North Pole), Roald Amundsen (led the first successful expedition to the South Pole in 1911 and first navigated Northwest Passage), and Oscar Wisting (trusted companion of Amundsen).